FAYETTEVILLE  One year after forgoing his final season of eligibility at Arkansas, Alvin Bailey is heading to the Super Bowl.

Bailey helped the Seahawks to a 23-17 win over the 49ers on Sunday in the NFC Championship Game. The offensive lineman had a key block on Marshawn Lynch's 40-yard touchdown run in the third quarter of the win at CenturyLink Field in Seattle.

The Broken Arrow, Okla. native is the fifth former Arkansas player to make the Super Bowl in the last four seasons. Brett Goode (Packers), Mitch Petrus and Tony Ugoh (Giants), and Bobbie Williams (Ravens) are former Razorbacks to win the last three Super Bowl titles.

Bailey went undrafted last April but signed a rookie free agent contract with the Seahawks. He played in 14 regular season games and has been on the team's active roster during the playoffs.

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Matt Jones

Matt Jones is the online sports director for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. A double graduate of the University of Arkansas, he is a member of the Football Writers Association of America and National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, and voter for the Heisman Trophy and Biletnikoff Award.